Argentina

• Saturday, November 21st 2015 - 08:48 UTC

  Macri honors 'Pachamama' and Scioli bewares 'the savage capitalism demon' on closing election rallies

  

  Argentine presidential opposition candidate Mauricio Macri closed his campaign ahead of Sunday 22 November runoff calling for change and unity while the incumbent hopeful Daniel Scioli said the option was between 'a development inclusive project' or the “savage capitalism demon”.

• Saturday, November 21st 2015 - 08:09 UTC

  High expectations in Argentina of a record soybean sowing in 2015/16

  

  Argentina's much-watched soybean sowings will set a record this season, but the country is heading for a weaker wheat harvest, despite ideas of “very good” yields, the country's farm ministry said. In its first estimate the ministry said soybean sowings for 2015-16, pegged area at 20.6m hectares, a rise of 800,000 hectares year on year.

• Thursday, November 19th 2015 - 07:55 UTC

  Argentina's fiscal deficit 3.5% of GDP, says minister Kicillof

  

  Argentina will likely end the year with a fiscal deficit of 3.5% of GDP, Economy Minister Axel Kicillof said on Wednesday, rejecting estimates by the opposition for a deficit around twice as high.

• Thursday, November 19th 2015 - 07:37 UTC

  Scioli's burden: Kirchnerism and Macri's, his rich family background

  

  What are the main drawbacks of the Argentine presidential candidates, ahead of 22 November runoff and following their exposure in last Sunday's debate, is the question a Buenos Aires pollster has tried to unveil, and how much could they in effect influence Sunday's vote.

• Thursday, November 19th 2015 - 07:27 UTC

  Argentina: Massa “believes Macri wins”, but Scioli is “still fighting and much alive”

  

  Sergio Massa, the third contender in the Argentine presidential dispute and who did not make it to the runoff last 25 October, but managed 21% of ballots, some five million votes, compared to incumbent Daniel Scioli's 37% and Mauricio Macri's 34%, has been very careful in advancing whom he would support or recommend to vote on Sunday 22 November.

• Thursday, November 19th 2015 - 07:20 UTC

  Pope Francis calls on Argentines “to vote with conscience” next Sunday

  

  Pope Francis sent a brief message to Argentines ahead of Sunday’s landmark runoff hoping citizens “vote with conscience”. The DyN news agency on Wednesday asked the pontiff to send a message to Argentines ahead of Sunday November 22 presidential runoff between incumbent Daniel Scioli and Mauricio Macri from the Let’s Change opposition coalition to lead the country.

• Wednesday, November 18th 2015 - 13:06 UTC

  Presidential debate 'widened the gap' for Macri; Scioli unable to transmit his true profile

  

  Argentina's Sunday debate between the two presidential hopefuls has “widened the gap”, which means the mayor of Buenos Aires City, Mauricio Macri could win the runoff on 22 November by more than ten points over incumbent Daniel Scioli, according to political analyst Jorge Giacobbe.

• Tuesday, November 17th 2015 - 09:32 UTC

  Presidential debate with no clear winner which favors Macri, unless there's a 'black swan'

  

  Argentine political analyst Graciela Römer.said there was no clear winner at Sunday's presidential debate between incumbent Daniel Scioli and opposition candidate Mauricio Macri, which nevertheless broke television audience ratings, similar to those of last year's World Cup final between Argentina and Germany.

• Tuesday, November 17th 2015 - 08:54 UTC

  Two Chinese nuclear plants for Argentina in a 15bn dollars deal

  

  Argentina signed two nuclear power plant construction deals with China on Sunday worth around US$15 billion, which would add 1,750 megawatts to the energy already produced by the country's three nuclear power plants.

• Monday, November 16th 2015 - 08:15 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez overspending to the last Peso and credit before leaving

  

  Outgoing Argentine president Cristina Fernandez will be leaving not only the Central bank reserves exhausted but also a budget deficit which is estimated at 7% of GDP by the end of the fiscal year, equivalent to 400.000 million Pesos, according to the country's National Auditing Office, AGN.